The first woman elected president of a country was Vigdís Finnbogadóttir of Iceland, who won the 1980 presidential election as well as three subsequent elections, remaining in office for a total of 16 years, which makes her the longest-serving non …

Center: Kamala Harris became the first female vice president in 2020. She became the second woman nominated for president by a major political party, in 2024. The following is a list of female U.S. presidential and vice presidential nominees and invitees.

2025年1月21日 · Elaine Chao, now 71, became the first Asian American woman to serve in a presidential cabinet when President George W. Bush selected her as his Secretary of Labor in 2001. She was 47. She was 47.

Fact sheet on women who have run for U.S. president and vice president. A Google Cultural Institute exhibit conveying the history of American women seeking the nation's highest office in images and video.

Voters had the chance this election to break the highest glass ceiling in American politics by electing Kamala Harris the nation’s first female president. Instead, they returned Donald Trump to the White House, a comeback that relied on significant -- even somewhat improved – support among women.

2024年11月5日 · 1872: Businesswoman Victoria Woodhull was a leader in the women’s suffrage movement and first woman stockbroker on Wall Street. In 1872, Woodhull achieved another remarkable accomplishment and became the first woman to run for U.S. president.

2024年11月10日 · We’ve never had a female president, but women make up nearly a third of Congress. Twelve governors are women. The presidency may be different from other elected positions, though.

2024年11月19日 · In the 2020s alone, more than 10 countries have elected their first female leader, including Mexico, where Claudia Sheinbaum took office this year. While the road to full gender parity remains long, these milestones reflect a growing momentum toward greater representation and leadership for women in global politics.

2024年11月5日 · If Vice President Kamala Harris wins the election, she will be the United States’ first female president. Globally, though, Washington is far behind on such representation at the top.

Two decades later, Vigdís Finnbogadóttir of Iceland would become the first woman to be elected president. Since then, women have made enormous political strides; by 2024, more than a third of the countries of the world had been led by a woman.